Chapter 40

RONAN

The reception was going in full bloom. Laughter reverberated in the room, glasses rang, and the dance floor was packed with couples swaying. The smell of costly perfume was in the air combined with the freshness of the night, but nothing was relevant to me.

I was sitting at the bar, sipping my whiskey in hand, but my focus lay elsewhere. Or more accurately, on someone else.

Nadine.

She was s